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When the majority of spells are expended, a caster Rope Tricks or Teleports home to rest for a day. Resting for a day allows a caster to summon an angel/unicorn/whathaveyou to heal them - one spell for full hit points. Spell books are not consumables. You can usually ascertain creature...

James the Newbie Considering comic book canon for their franchises, both Superman and Hulk are unbeatable. In their cross-over canon (JLA/Avengers), Hulk beats Superman (Supe's doesn't reach prime, and has a very reduced level of power). They haven't fought in a canon universe to date...

Alzrius That's just wrong on the face of it. I'm quite convinced you're just trolling at this point. RE: Resources A caster is more able to adapt to reduced resources. Fighters have fewer resources available. Without support, a Fighter who loses resources will regain them upon; A) Walking...

I think the problem with that line of thinking is that Superman -is- broken. Superman Prime can do literally anything with a thought. He's a Mary Sue - perfect in every way. The Hulk -is- broken. He's unstoppable. His comic book states that after the all the worlds in all the universes have...

Fluff the color/shape/minor details of your spells however you'd like, just don't change their mechanic. If you want a flat Fireball, cast flat Fireballs. If you want little skulls representing your Magic Missile, have little skulls. Assuming you meant the shape of the explosion, you might...

kingius Wind Wall deflects all arrows. Archery builds are notoriously low damage, reducing the chance you'll mess up a cast at all. Assuming all arrows hit, 4d8+20 isn't exactly going to be disrupting high level casters. It is very difficult to interrupt casting in 3.5 because of the new...

Dandu Don't forget Polio, Pox, and Plague!

kingius Dandu has a ton of these character sheets on hand, having rolled them up previously and kept them around. He (and I) have addressed the points brought up in the "Fighters are people, too" defense, and he's gone so far as to provide kitcik with character sheets to use against each other...

No Psionics, hm? I think Dandu can give you some good ideas, I'll take a look and she what I have layin' around.

- Being useful and having fun are often two different things. In core, Bards and Fighters are fun, doesn't make them useful. - Damage dealing feats are late-chain feats. Removing their reach weapon and reducing their ability to trip prevents them from dealing significant damage, that is if you...

kingius When the wizard starts to run low and can't find a safe place to rest, he teleports home. Yes, at low levels, casters are more reliant on their teammates to help them survive, as it has always been. A Fighter is the same way - he doesn't have the defenses to keep him going all day...

@Alzrius If your game is all about fun, and you don't care at all about being useful, then there is no reason for you to be trying to argue that Fighters are even "okay" or that casters aren't an Nth degree better than Fighters. While the tripping Fighter can definitely hit you, he'll be...

Alzrius Casters don't run out of spells after about level 5. If you're playing a caster in a way that does, then you're playing it wrong. I don't know how you can continue to believe they do, especially when even Wizards can get up to 8+ spells per spell level and carry an effectively infinite...

Alzrius Countering a fighter's style is relatively simple. If he's a damage dealer, prevent him from dealing damage. Shivering Touch, Grease, Darkness, Invisibility, Fly, Obscuring Mist, Shrink Person, Ray of Enfeeblement, the list goes on and on. If he's a grappler, prevent him from moving...

Alzrius The point is that the Tier 1 classes can adapt when an enemy counters/blocks/defends against one particular thing. If a Fighter's style gets countered, he's out for the entire encounter. Wizards are out for a round. Regarding your link, Wand of Knock doesn't use many resources at...

I've always played it that an opposed skill check is set until circumstances have significantly changed, similar to Delericho. Spot is written as a skill that requires no concentration or thought, knowing that you're there doesn't affect it (although it might grant a circumstance bonus)...

It's an interesting concept, but I am concerned about the fluff. "powerful sorcerer bound a genie to me" doesn't much make sense for a first level character.

No one argues that Fighters can't deal damage. The typical argument is that dealing damage isn't that important, and that Fighters can only do that one thing doesn't make them useful. Fighters are forced to overspecialize in one area (dealing damage or tripping or grappling, typically) and are...

RUMBLETiGER I'd EXP if I could, just to say "in previous editions, the player characters were assumed to be average individuals who became heroic through their exploits."

IIRC: Benedikt Magnusson has a 22 Str, his max deadlift is 1,015lb. Another lifter did a 1,268lb squat, setting him around 23 Str. Behdad Salimi snatched 472 lb (22 Str). Shane Hamman's snatch record of 430 puts him at 21 Str. I agree that limiting bonuses seems in poor judgement for the...